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THE FINAL GOODBYE...

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Lifestyle

Mountain “oasis” retreat & seasonal reset

  • The couple is back at their mountain house during spring/summer, enjoying blooming scenery and a deeply relaxing atmosphere.
  • They note the air feels fresher, and simply going up there encourages deep breathing (with a joke about slightly lower oxygen).

Home renovation: drywall around curved archways

They work on finishing drywall in a room with curved archway details and a tricky radius.

Materials & techniques they try

  • Toe kicks to help with issues around the curved archway backing
  • Flexible corner beads designed to bend to the required radius
  • Drywall pieces they try to accordion-bend to match the archway radius

Step-by-step approach (as described)

  • Cut and nail “scab” pieces in place
  • Tape and mud the arch seams and inside corners
  • Scrape ridges/residue from older rough openings, then apply a skim coat

What they expect—and what they’ll do if it’s not perfect

  • They expect imperfections.
  • Worst case options:
    • Add texture to the whole wall
    • Or do a big skim coat to make the drywall look more uniform from a distance

Emotional reality check

The work is described as painstaking and discouraging—especially while trying to perfect curves—yet they still aim for a finish that won’t be scrutinized too closely.

Family routine & community trade-offs (valley vs. mountains)

  • Full-time mountain living once felt isolating, so they now split time:
    • Valley house = community + kids’ activities
    • Mountain house = retreat/escape
  • Activities require about a 1-hour drive each direction, so they can’t do everything exclusively from the mountains:
    • Leo does climbing and jujitsu
    • Leo and Billy do swim lessons
  • The kids have friends and a “network” down in the valley.

Quick at-home “kids’ moment” tips/observations

  • A small “bird seed” trick:
    • Put hands into a cup, then fill with bird seed (shared as an easy way for birds to access seeds)

Health routine / gut support: probiotic sponsorship

Ali discusses gut issues and how her bathroom experience used to feel stressful until she started taking a probiotic consistently.

Sponsored product

  • Seed DS-01 Daily Synbiotic (sponsored)

Claims/benefits mentioned

  • Capsule-in-capsule delivery to survive digestion and target root causes of daily digestive distress
  • Designed to strengthen the gut barrier and improve regularity
  • Helps reduce bloating and alleviate gas

How she uses it

  • Takes it every single morning (not just on/off)

Discount code

  • Code: trend ali 30 for 30% off

Clothing & nostalgia: vintage items and family archives

Vintage clothing

  • Ali tries on a vintage wool overcoat made by Ali’s great-great aunt.
  • They discuss whether she should keep it, including whether the shoulder padding fits well.

Old family video tech

They dig through older media, including:

  • A shoulder-mounted VHS camcorder from their grandpa’s era
  • 8-mm film from around 1959
  • A working projector, and memories of watching films on a wall screen.

Grandparents’ house “final goodbye”: rental prep + repairs

They do a closing cleanup and repairs at the (now empty) grandparents’ house to prep it for renting.

Cleanup focus

  • The goal is to finish clearing out the garage contents.

Specific fixes they handle

  • Back screen door
    • Reattach it by pin-nailing/stapling the brick molding
  • Garbage disposal
    • Plan to replace the first key part: a new rubber diaphragm
    • Then confirm whether the disposal truly needs replacement
    • Replacement goes smoothly: no drips/leaks, and it sounds quieter
  • Toilets (leaks)
    • Replace/repair the seal/gasket between the tank and toilet instead of replacing whole toilets
    • First toilet: gasket replacement appears to work (“success” after leak checks)
    • Second toilet: they suspect earlier tinkering caused the issue
    • They tighten connections; the leak stops after adjustments

Themes and reflections

  • A lot of it is trial-and-error and “moment of truth” checks.
  • They connect the handyman spirit of Trent’s grandpa to Trent’s own repair mindset.

Garage wrap-up & preserving nostalgia

  • They finish loading a truck and dump trailer, then close out the space.
  • They sort and preserve items, including:
    • Diagrams and hand-drawn plans for a past sprinkler system
    • A vintage fridge that doesn’t run—saved for restoration help later

Emotional ending

  • The day feels like the final goodbye to their grandparents’ house.
  • It’s bittersweet: their grandma is doing well in assisted living, but the house memories remain deeply poignant.

Major life update

  • They announce a pregnancy has progressed (“smoother pregnancy” mentioned).

Notable locations, products, and speakers (as mentioned)

Locations

  • Mountain house
  • House in the valley
  • Grandma’s house
  • Garage (on grandma’s property)
  • Home Depot (errand stop)
  • RV/rock crawler travel

Products

  • Seed DS-01 Daily Synbiotic (probiotic; sponsored)
    • Discount code: trend ali 30

People/speakers

  • Trent, Ali, Leo, Billy, Brandon, Brennan (mentioned during the drywall conversation)
  • Trent’s grandpa/grandma (referenced during reflections)

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